OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

“The Proposal Awards”

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS
CONTEST.

A purchase will not improve chances of winning.

CONSUMER DISCLOSURE
You have not yet won.

OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY

By entering this Promotion, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Any violation
of these rules may, at Sponsor’s discretion, result in disqualification. All decisions of the judges regarding
this Promotion are final and binding in all respects.

1. PROMOTION PERIOD. Promotion begins at 12:01 AM ET on 11/10/11 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on
1/1/12, when all entries must be received (“Promotion Period”).

2. ELIGIBILITY. This contest (the “Promotion”) is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States
and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors,
members, and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party
associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e.,
parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals. This
Promotion is void outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and where prohibited.

3. HOW TO ENTER. Visit Brides.com/ProposalAwards during the Promotion Period and follow the
instructions to complete and submit the entry form. Entrants may submit an essay, photo with an essay, or
video describing your proposal story into one of five categories (romantic, humorous, adventurous, non-
traditional, and gone awry). Entrants represent and warrant that their Submission is the original work of
such entrant, it has not been copied from others, and it does not violate the rights of any other person or
entity. Entrant further represents and warrants that their Submission adheres to the fundamental spirit of
the Promotion and does not contain any defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful matter or depict anyone
engaged in any illegal, immoral or lewd act, any violent or pornographic material or contain any other
inappropriate content such as illegal drug use, nudity or hate speech and that it will not reflect adversely on
Sponsor. Limit: One entry per person and per e-mail address during the Promotion Period. All entrant
information, including e-mail addresses, is subject to the respective Privacy Policy of the applicable
Sponsor.

4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION. All entries will be judged on or about 1/4/12
(the “Judging Date”) by a panel of judges comprised of BRIDES Merchandising Experts. The judges will
score entries to come up with three (3) finalists per category, based on the following criteria: Creativity
(38%), Appropriateness (37%), and number of “likes” (25%). After the three (3) finalists from each
category are picked, the category winners will be selected based on online voting. People will be allowed
to select their favorite proposal story by going to Brides.com/ProposalAwards and clicking an icon
underneath the entry. The winner with the most votes will be declared the Proposal Awards winner. Any
potential winner will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone. If a potential winner: (i) cannot be
contacted; (ii) does not respond within five (5) days from the date the Sponsor first tries to notify him/her;
(iii) fails to return the Affidavit and Release as specified in Rule 9; (iv) refuses the prize; and/or (v) the
prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all rights to win the
Promotion or receive the prize, and an alternate potential winner may be selected. Upon contacting the
Grand Prize potential winner and determining that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the
Promotion, including without limitation the execution of required waivers, publicity and liability releases

and disclaimers, such individual will be declared the “winner” of the Promotion.

5. PRIZE DESCRIPTION. There will be four (4) semi-finalist winners (one (1) from each category) and
one (1) Grand Prize winner, as determined by the judging panel. Each semi-finalist prize package will
include one (1) pair of Lismore Essence Toasting Flutes for the bride and groom-to-be (A.R.V.:$160), fifty-
two (52) Maarquis by Waterford Vintage Flutes, (A.R.V.: $637 for all fifty-two (52) flutes), one (1) ten
(10) piece set from the Anolon Nouvelle Copper collection by Meyer (A.R.V.: $550), and an engagement
party for up to fifty (50) people in the winner’s hometown in the U.S. as planned by BRIDES experts
including venue, non-alcoholic drinks, food and invitations (A.R.V. $5,000). The total approximate retail
value of the prize is $6,347 per winner. The Grand Prize winner will receive the above prize package and a
honeymoon for two (2) to wananavu in Fiji for six (6) days and five (5) nights in a Garden View Bure.
Roundtrip airfare for two (2) will be provided by Air Pacific from Los Angeles to Nadi, Fiji Islands.
Airfare to Los Angeles, if winner lives outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area, will not be provided.
Ground transportation from Nadi airport to the hotel and from the hotel to Nadi airport will be provided.
The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize (honeymoon, and airfare) is $10,000, depending on exact
itinerary. Actual value may vary based on fluctuations in price for accommodations. Additional airfare
costs (above and beyond $3,000), ground transportation from the winners’ home to the airport and airport
to winners’ home, hotel accommodations in Los Angeles, additional meals, in-room or other personal
charges at lodging (e.g., mini-bar, movies), telephone calls, gratuities, incidentals, and all other expenses
are not included. Winner and travel companion must be available to travel on the same itinerary. Trip may
be subject to certain other restrictions, including without limitation blackout dates. Sponsor will attempt to
accommodate winner's preferred itinerary, but all specifics thereof will be at Sponsor's sole discretion.
Unless child of winner, travel companion must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of departure.
Travel must be completed within 90 days from the date ticket is issued or no later than February 28, 2013.

6. TAXES. All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any, are the winner’s sole
responsibility.

7. OWNERSHIP AND LICENSE. All entry materials become the property of the Sponsor and will not
be acknowledged or returned. The copyright in any Submission shall remain the property of the entrant,
but entry into this Promotion constitutes entrant’s irrevocable and perpetual permission and consent,
without further compensation or attribution, to use, reproduce, print, publish, transmit, distribute, sell,
perform, adapt, enhance, or display such Submission for any purpose, including but not limited to editorial,
advertising, trade, commercial, and publicity purposes by the Sponsor and/or others authorized by the
Sponsor, in any and all media now in existence or hereinafter created, throughout the world, for the
duration or the copyright in the Submission. Sponsor and/or others authorized by the Sponsor shall have
the right to edit, adapt, and modify the Submission.

8. NO PRIZE TRANSFER OR SUBSTITUTION. No prize or any portion thereof is transferable or
redeemable for cash. Any portion of the prize that is not used is forfeited. No substitutions for prize except
by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.

9. CONSENT AND RELEASE. By entering the Promotion, each entrant releases and discharges the
Sponsor, judging organization (if applicable), and any other party associated with the development or
administration of this Promotion, their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective
officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives,
successors and assigns (collectively, “Sponsor Entities”), from any and all liability whatsoever in
connection with this Promotion, including without limitation legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or
damages, demands or actions of any kind (including without limitation personal injuries, death, damage to,
loss or destruction or property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light)
(collectively, “Claims”). Except where prohibited: (i) acceptance of a prize constitutes the consent of any
winner, without further compensation, to use the name and likeness of such winner and his/her Submission
for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes by the Sponsor and/or others authorized by the Sponsor; (ii)
acceptance of a prize constitutes a release by any winner of the Sponsor Entities of any and all Claims in
connection with the administration of this Promotion and the use, misuse, or possession of his/her
Submission or any prize; (iii) any potential winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility
(including social security number) and a liability/publicity/copyright release; and (iv) if prize involves
travel or activities, any potential winner and travel companion (if applicable) may be required to execute

releases of the Sponsor from any and all liability with respect to participation in such travel/activities and/
or use of the prize. Affidavits and releases must be returned within ten (10) days from the date that
Sponsor first tries to notify the potential winner. If winner is deemed to be a minor under the jurisdiction
of his/her residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who must
execute the necessary affidavit and release and, if applicable, must accompany winner on the trip (no
additional travel expenses will be awarded should a parent or legal guardian be required to accompany the
winner on the trip).

10. DISCLAIMERS. (i) Sponsor not responsible for entries/votes that are lost, late, misdirected,
incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software,
browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsor’s servers or elsewhere.
In the event of a dispute, entries/votes will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-
mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person
who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other
organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the
domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. (ii) Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right
to disqualify any person tampering with the entry or voting process or the operation of the web site or
otherwise attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion. Use of bots or other
automated process to enter or vote is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of
Sponsor. (iii) Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it is not
capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort. (iv) Sponsor Entities are not
responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Promotion, including without limitation
mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and may modify or cancel this Promotion
based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability. In no event will Sponsor be responsible for
awarding more than the number of prizes specified in these rules. (v) In the event this Promotion is
cancelled or terminated, pursuant to subparagraph (iii) or (iv), Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to
determine winners from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of
the prizes offered herein. (vi) SPONSOR ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS
OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, AS REGARDS THIS
PROMOTION OR THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE. (vi) CAUTION: ANY
ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE
THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL
AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW,
INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (vii) The value(s) of the prize(s) set forth above represent
Sponsor’s good faith determination of the approximate retail value(s) thereof; the actual fair market value(s)
as ultimately determined by Sponsor are final and binding and cannot be challenged or appealed. In the
event the stated approximate retail value(s) of a prize is more than the actual fair market value of that prize,
the difference will not be awarded in cash or otherwise. No substitution or compensation will be given for
any portion of the prize that is not used.

11. APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal,
state, and local laws and regulations. Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without
regard to any principles of conflict of laws. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Promotion
will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by a state or federal court
located in New York, New York. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of New York
and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of New York. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket
damages (excluding attorneys’ fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include
any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.

12. WINNER LIST. For a list containing the names of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped
envelope, within six (6) months of the Judging Date, to: Winner List, “The Proposal Awards”, Attn: Hana

Zuckerman, BRIDES Magazine, 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036.

13. SPONSORSHIP. This Promotion is sponsored by Condé Nast, 4 Times Square, New York, NY
10036, Meyer Corporation, U.S., 1 Meyer Plaza, Vallejo, CA 94590, Tourism Fiji, Suite 107, Colonial
Plaza, Namaka, Nadi, PO Box 9217, Nadi Airport, Fiji Islands and WWRD, LLS, 1330 Campus Parkway,
Wall, NJ 07719 (individually and collectively, the “Sponsor”).

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